Planning Commission Staff Report Ordinance Amendment Hearing Date: January 9, 2013

ITEM 3* The Engineering Department requests an ammendment to Provo City Code, Sections 15.13.010 Names of Streets, 15.13.030 System to be Followed, and 15.13.040 Costs Related to Street Name Changes, in order to modify and update the sections relaated to Street Naming. City Wide Impact 12-0019OAO

Appplicant: Provo City Engineering Current Legal Use: Not applicable Staff Coordinator: Carrie Walls

Relevant History: Provo City Code Sections 15.13.010, Number of Properties: City-wide Impact 15.13.030, and 15.13.040 were repealed and reenacted in 1999. There have been no amendments to these sections since that time. *Council Action Required: Yes

Neighborhood Issues: Staff is unaware of any Related Application(s): None neighborhood issues in regard to the proposed

amendments. ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS

2. Continue to a future date to obtain Summary of Key Issues: additional information or to further consider information presented. The • The Code Sections were repealed and reenacted in next available meeting date is 1999. February13, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. • There have been no amendments sincee that time.

3. Recommend Denial of the Staff Recommendation: proposed ordinance amendment. This 1. Recommend Approval of the proposed ordinance would be a change from the Staff amendment. This action would be consistent with the recommendation; the Planning recommendation of the Staff Report. Any additional Commission should state new findings. changes should be stated with the motion

OVERVIEW

The current ordinances for the naming of streets, the system of address numbering and how the costs are recouped were repealed and reenacted in 1999. Since that time there have been no amendments to these ordinances.

The proposed amendments would clarify and update the existing ordinances. The Engineering staff has also provided a copy of their proposed policies for street naming and numbering. Planning Commission Staff Report Item 3* January 9, 2013 Page 2

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. Provo City Code, Sections 15.13.010 Names of Streets, 15.13.030 System to be Followed and 15.13.040 Costs Related to Street Name Changes were repealed and reenacted in 1999. 2. There have been no amendments to these sections since that time. 3. The proposed ordinance amendments will clarify and update these ordinance sections. 4. The impact of the amendments would be city-wide.

STAFF ANALYSIS

1. Provo City Code Section 14.02.020(2) sets forth the following guidelines for consideration of ordinance text amendments: (Staff’s responses are bolded)

Before recommending an amendment to this Title, the Planning Commission shall determine whether such amendment is in the interest of the public, and is consistent with the goals and policies of the Provo City General Plan. The following guidelines shall be used to determine consistency with the General Plan:

(a) Public purpose for the amendment in question. The proposed amendments would serve the public purpose in that the code sections would be updated and policies would be set in place to establish procedures and rules for street naming and addressing.

(b) Confirmation that the public purpose is best served by the amendment in question. The public purpose is best served when ordinances are updated and clear. The proposed amendments will update the current sections and provide clarity and direction to staff and the public.

(c) Compatibility of the proposed amendment with General Plan policies, goals, and objectives. The General Plan policies, goals and objectives and the proposed amendments are compatible. Planning Commission Staff Report Item 3* January 9, 2013 Page 3

(d) Consistency of the proposed amendment with the General Plan=s Atiming and sequencing@ provisions on changes of use, insofar as they are articulated. There are no “timing and sequencing” provisions in regard to the proposed amendments.

(e) Potential of the proposed amendment to hinder or obstruct attainment of the General Plan=s articulated policies. The proposed amendments will not hinder or obstruct the attainment of the General Plan’s articulated policies.

(f) Adverse impacts on adjacent land owners. There are no adverse impacts on land owners. The proposed ordinance amendments and the policies will clarify and update the systems for naming of streets and address numbering.

(g) Verification of correctness in the original zoning or General Plan for the area in question. The amendments do not affect the original zoning for the General Plan designations.

(h) In cases where a conflict arises between the General Plan Map and General Plan Policies, precedence shall be given to the Plan Policies. There are no conflicts between the General Plan Map and the General Plan Policies in relation to the proposed amendments.

CONCLUSIONS The proposed amendments will update the current ordinances and the proposed policies will outline the procedures and rules for street naming and address numbering. This will help to ensure consistency throughout the city.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the proposed amendments.

ATTACHMENTS 1. Proposed Section 15.13.010 2. Proposed Section 15.13.030 3. Proposed Section 15.13.040 4. Street Naming Procedures 5. Addressing Procedures 1 15.13.010. Names of Streets. 2 All the streets of the City shall be known by names as follows: The first street running 3 east and west, north of the Tabernacle Provo City Center Temple block or Block 66, Plat 4 "A," shall be named and designated as Center Street; the first street running east and 5 west, south of Center Street, shall be named and designated as 100 South Street; the next 6 one (1) south, 200 South Street, and so on in regular order to the southern limits of Provo 7 City; the first street running east and west, north of Center Street shall be named and 8 designated as 100 North Street, the next one (1) north, 200 North Street, and so on in 9 regular order to the northern limits of Provo City. The first street running north and south, 10 east of the Tabernacle Provo City Center Temple block or Block 66, Plat “A”, shall be 11 named and designated as University Avenue; the first street running north and south, east 12 of University Avenue, shall be named and designated as 100 East Street, the next one (1) 13 east, 200 East Street; and so on in regular order to the eastern limits of Provo City; the 14 first running north and south, west of University Avenue, shall be named and designated 15 as 100 West Street, the next one (1) west, 200 West Street, and so on in regular order 16 covering Plats "A," "B," and "C," Provo City Survey of Building Lots. The remaining 17 streets outside the original platted portion of the City, which are parallel to the coordinate 18 system, will be numbered according to the coordinate system established for the platted 19 portion. Those streets which are not parallel to the coordinate system shall be named with 20 a numerical number indicating the location. Those streets which are not parallel to the 21 coordinate system shall be named in accordance to the Street Naming Procedures set 22 forth by the Public Works Department - Engineering Division. (R & R 2012-34) 1 15.13.030. System to be Followed. 2 The City Engineer, in numbering houses upon the streets of the City, shall adhere in all 3 respects to the following system of numeration, allowing fifty (50) numbers to each side 4 of all coordinates within the City limits; the initial points shall be the intersection of 5 University Avenue and Center Street, and the numbering shall extend east and west, and 6 north and south, the even numbers always on the right hand, and the odd numbers always 7 on the left hand, looking away from the initial point. The addressing system shall follow 8 in accordance to the Address Standards set forth by the Public Works Department – 9 Engineering Division. (R&R 1999-34) 1 15.13.040. Costs Related to Street Name Changes. 2 Any person who petitions for a change in the name of a street or alley shall, unless the 3 Mayor for good cause otherwise directs, pay the cost of notification, processing, staff 4 review, and making and installing new street signs, required by the name change. (R&R 5 1999-34) Street Naming Procedures

Purpose The purpose of this policy is to adopt and apply standards and definitions in the addressing and naming of public and private streets and properties in the City of Provo. This policy will provide consistency for Emergency Response and navigation throughout the city.

Street Name Approval Those submitting proposed streets or street name changes to Provo City shall be required to obtain approval of street names through the Provo Engineering Department. Provo City reserves the right to change any street name that does not adhere to current street naming criteria.

Private streets must follow the same Street Naming Criteria and sign standards as a public street. If a private street owner requests the city to install a street name sign, an installation and maintenance fee will be charged. Additional costs may incur due to a street name change.

Street Name Change Procedure Those citizens and businesses requesting a name change to an existing street shall submit a signed letter of request to the Provo City Engineer. The letter shall include the purpose for the name change, the existing street name, and street coordinate range (e.g. 300 W to 500 E). Include names, signatures, and contact information of each property owner requesting the change. At the time this letter is submitted, the submitter may obtain the Street Naming Criteria list from the Public Works Department – Engineering Division.

Once the new name has been chosen according to the Street Naming Criteria, a request for Street Name change shall be submitted to the Public Works Department – Engineering Division. The request shall include the purpose of the name change, the existing street name, the coordinate range along the full length of the street, the proposed street name, and a list of property owners and/or businesses affected by the name change with their address and contact information. Prior to final approval of a street name change request, all property owners on the street shall agree to the name change. The applicant shall also provide a signed letter from each property owner along the street, indicating their support for the Street Name change. A neighborhood meeting will be required for any such request.

When Provo City determines a street name change is warranted, it will convey information about proposed name changes to citizens and property owners who are affected. These individuals will be given 30 calendar days of notification prior to the Street Name change taking affect.

In accordance with Provo City Code (15.13.040), those who proposed the street name change shall be responsible for any associated costs. These costs include but are not

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Street Naming Criteria

□ A street name is one component of an address. See the Address Standardization document for the other address components. □ Street names shall be limited to a maximum of two words. □ The total number of characters shall not exceed 17, including spaces, Street Name, and Street Type. □ No punctuation, special characters, or abbreviations will be allowed in the Street Name. Only alphabetical symbols A through Z, numbers 0 through 9, and blank spaces may be used. Words that require punctuation shall not be used, even with the punctuation omitted (e.g. Fishermens Landing). □ All or part of the Street Name may not be a single letter. □ Memorializing individuals with street names should generally be discouraged. A street shall not be named after a person unless deceased for a minimum of five years. An individual memorialized with a street name must be well-known, having made significant social contributions at the community, state, or national levels. Using one name rather than the full proper name is standard. Memorializing deceased family members that do not meet the criteria above is not allowed. Exceptions shall be approved by the Provo Municipal Council. □ Streets should not be named for ephemeral or popular reasons (e.g. Frodo Ln, Darth Vader Dr). □ A street may not be named after a business. Exceptions shall be approved by the Provo Municipal Council. □ Numbered streets should be used whenever possible rather than named streets. □ Retired street names shall not be reused. □ Directional delineations are discouraged as part of the street name (e.g. North Garden Pkwy or Stanton East Ave). □ The street name shall not start with an article of speech (the, a, or an). □ A street type may not be used within the street name. □ Duplicate street names are not allowed, even if the street type is different (e.g. Apple Way, Apple Ave, Apple St), except in the case of a single intersecting cul- de-sac or court sharing a name with the main street. Street names that duplicate names found elsewhere in Utah County should be avoided. □ Phonetic duplications of street names are not allowed (i.e. bear/bare).

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□ Streets that fall within neighborhood themes should follow that theme. Any street name that could be associated with a name theme in another part of the city should be avoided. □ Geographic or landmark names must be within the geographic/landmark area that is implied by the name. □ Names should follow commonly acceptable spellings according to a standard dictionary and be easy to read and pronounce. □ No alphabetic spelling of numbers will be allowed. (i.e. Fantastic Four St, Four Dog Blvd) □ No new streets shall have alternate names (e.g. 4800 N/Foothill Dr). □ Any street that doesn’t reasonably follow the number grid, making it difficult to assign address numbers, shall be given an alphabetic name rather than a number. □ Existing street names shall continue across intersections and roundabouts unless a reasonable exception is approved by the City Engineer. □ Slang, controversial, religiously specific, or word play terms shall not be used in street names (Milky Way, Nephi St, Dahmer Dr). □ Two-word names or one-word names that can be confused as two-word names should not be used. (e.g., Clearlake, Clear Lake, Brookhaven, Baytree). □ Continuity. Proposed street names are encouraged to have the following characteristics: o Historic significance. o Local culture and sense of place. o Overall theme. o Compatibility with adjacent streets. □ Each Street Name shall be followed by a Street Type.

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Addressing Procedures

1. Purpose The purpose of this document is to lay forth a standardized system for addressing buildings and properties.

2. Address Components. 2.1 Each address must contain the following applicable components: 2.1.1 Number: is the initial component of the address which is numerically sequenced with whole numbers and assigned to a building or property according to its relative distance perpendicular to the baseline or meridian axis of Center Street and University Avenue. 2.1.2 Directional: is the compass direction component of the address that references the City Grid System. The directional is always symbolized with the single letter representing its compass direction, (e.g. E, W, N, S). 2.1.3 Street Name: is the component of the address, in the form of a name or number, assigned to an individual street. 2.1.4 Street Type: is the component of the address which distinguishes specific locational, functional and physical characteristics of a named street to which the address is assigned. Street types are designated for standard use as a component of the address and are always abbreviated as follows:

Street Type Abbreviation General Use Avenue Ave Straight road matching the axes of the City System Boulevard Blvd Major road with physical medians Circle Cir Road that ends into a turnaround bulb Court Ct Short road that is closed at one end Drive Dr Meandering, curvilinear, or diagonal street Lane Ln Short collector or minor street Parkway Pkwy Major road with physical medians Place Pl Short closed or dead end road Road Rd Long street connecting major streets Street St Straight road matching the axes of the City System Way Wy Road providing passage from one place to another

Street Types may be classified as follows: • “Boulevard” and “Parkway” - Arterial streets with planted or other physically separate medians. • “Drive” and “Way” - A meandering, curvilinear, or diagonal street usually longer than 1000 feet and most always connected to other rights-of way which provides passage from one place to another. • “Road” - Limited streets that may run in a direction, are most always longer than 1000 feet, and usually connect with the United States or Utah State primary highways.

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• “Street” and “Avenue” - Straight streets matching principally the axes of the Citywide Grid System. • “Lane” - Short collector or minor streets which are usually less than 1000 feet in length and may not always connect other rights-of-way. May be used in names for private rights-of way. • “Circle,” “Place,” and “Court” - Permanent dead end streets or cul-de-sac streets (dead ends into a turnaround bulb) usually less than 600 feet in length.

2.1.5 Unit: is the component of the address which identifies an individual space within the entire structure. The unit always includes an abbreviated unit type and number/letter alias.

3. Complete Address. 3.1 All applicable components of the address must be used or the address is considered incomplete. See the following examples:

2692 E Main St Apt 102 Number: 2692 Directional: E Street Name: Main Street Type: St Unit: Apt 102

5268 S 2200 E Number: 5268 Directional: S Street Name: 2200 E The Street Type and Unit are not applicable and therefore may be omitted.

4. Address Formats. 4.1 The following addresses depict correct and incorrect formats to be used in registering and issuing an official address:

Incorrect Correct Comment 769 Wilson Avenue 769 E Wilson Ave Street Type is always abbreviated 842 East 1700 South 842 E 1700 S Directional is always symbolized 1700 S 842 E 842 E 1700 S House number always comes first 922 E 3300 S 3 922 E 3300 S Ste 3 Unit always includes the type

5. Number Determination. 5.1 The assignment of address numbers in legal addresses shall be measured and uniformly consecutive with even numbers on the right side of the street and odd numbers on the left side of the street looking away towards the east, west, north, or south from the junction of the baseline and meridian streets (Center St and University Ave). Alternatively, even numbers shall always be on the right side of the street and odd numbers on the left in increasing numerical order.

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5.2 Address numbers should be comparable, but not identical, on parallel streets and in consecutive order and follow the citywide grid. Address numbers which would be divisible by 100 should be adjusted (i.e. 3800 S should be 3798 S or 3802 S) to avoid identifying them with street numbers.

6. Directional Determination. 6.1 On streets that are not aligned with any of the four compass directions, the direction assigned to the address numbers shall be from the compass direction which most nearly matches the bearing of the street.

7. Streets Changing Directions between Intersections. 7.1 Streets which change direction between intersections, either at an oblique angle or to another axis of the Citywide Grid System, should have the address number and directional changed to match the new bearing direction of the street. 7.2 If the directional change of the street results in the duplication of address number ranges, it should be renamed at the point where it shifts direction or at the nearest intersection that will avoid the range duplication. 7.3 If a street changes direction and is contained wholly within a subdivision or area, the address numbers may continue sequentially as in one direction, but it is still necessary to assign the proper coordinates at all intersections.

8. Diagonal Streets. 8.1 Intersection numbers on diagonal cross streets shall be calculated to begin with the same number measured from the baseline or meridian streets according to the address number scale designated for that area; this will ensure that the address numbers are uniformly measured from one street to the next where they intersect the cross street. 8.2 When assigning frontage numbers to diagonal streets they must not be measured along the diagonal, instead, numbers along the diagonal shall be measured as true north- south and east-west distances from the dedicated reference streets to which the diagonal street intersects.

9. Numbering Corner Lots. 9.1 Proposed subdivision plats with corner lots should have address numbers calculated for both streets that the lot fronts upon and both address numbers placed on the final plats. Once the structure’s facing is identified, the correct address number can be selected and assigned.

10. Numbering Cul-De-Sac Streets. 10.1 Cul-de-sac streets shall be measured and positioned on the Citywide Grid System such that address numbers are even on one side to a point approximately half way to the top of the turnaround and then are odd numbers back along the opposite side of the cul- de-sac.

11. Numbering of Private Right-of-Way. 11.1 Numbering and naming of private streets and properties along private streets must follow the same rules as public streets.

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12. Numbering High Density Structures. 12.1 Condominiums and Planned Unit Developments should be numbered according to the standards set forth in this policy. If the unit density dictates constraints, then the building should be addressed using the unit type and unit number. The unit number should represent the corresponding level. 12.2 Numbers are preferred over letters in designating units. 12.3 Commercial strip malls should have each business unit assigned an address using a unique address number and the street name for which the business fronts. 12.4 Commercial Malls, Centers, or Squares should have internal addressing which considers floor levels with a unit number of three or more digits where the first digit represents the level above grade and the remaining digits represent the unit number. A single address number should be assigned for the entire commercial building. Separate buildings within a Mall or Center Complex may be assigned a unique address number. 12.5 High rise buildings over nine floors require unit numbers to identify suits, rooms, premises, and occupancies or establishments that are accessible by the public via hallways and elevators. The unit numbers should consist of a four digit number with the first two digits being a sequential identifier for all rooms, suites, or dwelling units starting from the left of a major stairwell or elevator shaft. 12.5 Industrial parks generally have lower density than most retail or other commercial structures and should be identified through the regular procedures of numbering streets as set forth in these regulations.

13. Display of Address Numbers on Buildings. 13.1 It shall be unlawful for any person to erect a house or building within the City limits without numbering such house or building with the number designated by the City Engineer, or for the occupant of any house or building, or for the owner or agent of any unoccupied habitable house or building to fail for a longer period than thirty (30) days after notice from the City Engineer so to do, to number such house or building with the number designated by the City Engineer. 13.2 When such number has been designated by the City Engineer the owner or occupant of such house or building shall cause a painted, carved, or cast duplicate of such number at least three (3) inches in height and of a shade opposite to the background upon which the number is mounted to be placed in a conspicuous position upon the front of such house, or building, in a permanent, stationary, and durable manner unobstructed at all times by vines, screens, or anything that would tend to hide or obscure the number, and so that the number will be clearly perceptible from a distance of one hundred fifty (150) feet; upon application being made to the City Engineer, the City Engineer shall issue a certificate giving the correct street number for said house or building. 13.3 The owner, occupant or person in charge of the building, upon affixing any new number, shall remove any different number which might be mistaken for or confused with the number assigned. 13.4 Each principal building shall display the assigned number on the side of the building where the front entrance is located. If a principal building is occupied by more than one business or family dwelling unit, any separate entrance to an occupied sub- structure unit shall display a separate number.

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13.5 No building permit shall be issued for any principal building unit until the owner or developer has procured an official address for the premises from the government addressing agency in that jurisdiction. Final approval for the certificate of occupancy of any principal building shall not be issued until permanent and proper numbers have been displayed as provided above.

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